Skip to main content

Stream of Consciousness--the Insomnia Edition

It's 3:00 a.m. and I am wide awake.  It all started with the bathroom...darn already-small bladder!  Then Caleb woke up "needing more light."  As soon as I started with a song in my head, I knew it wasn't looking good.  Now I have a new one:  "...I said Baby, it's 3 a.m. and I must be lonely..."  I was hungry too, so I snagged some of Matt's Vienna Fingers.  I was hoping to sneak them and he wouldn't notice.  Wouldn't you know he came down to check on me and caught me red-handed?  I'm excited to go to Canada this summer.  Caleb is thrilled about going to the falls and has pretend trips there all of the time.  I'm a little nervous about what my energy level will be by then and hope that I can keep up with Caleb.  I hate when I'm too tired to truly enjoy my vacation--especially a trip such as this. Our condo is only a few blocks from the falls, so I can go back and rest if I really need to.  Nothing is fitting right now.  My regular clothes are too small and are really uncomfortable to wear, and my maternity clothes are too big and fall down.  My kids just laugh at me.  My wardrobe is rather limited right now, although I do have a few XS pieces that I can wear.  Becky is downstairs with me and for some reason thinks that it's perfectly fine to whine and fuss in the middle of the night.  I have already taken her out and given her water.  She has food, but wants some soft food mixed in.  Uh-uh, dog.  It's 3 a.m.!!  I am definitely going to 5th grade next year.  There was some question because our numbers are too low to have 5 teachers, but my friend Sheila is staying in her current grade.  Sadness.  However, we're both happy to know exactly where we're going to be because we were concerned about having to move twice.  I am really excited to go to 5th.  I think it will be a good change for me, although I will miss Lara.  It's funny how much closer we've become in the last 4 years when I think back to when I first came to 4th grade.  She's a good teammate.  We only have 9 days of school now, which is extremely appealing to me.  9 days and a few days of moving stand between me and a (short) summer with my boy.  I hate to say it, but this year really has flown by.  I'm glad I'll have this group another year, but saying goodbye next year is going to be TOUGH!  Yeah, now I'm even more awake.  I was hoping typing this would help to empty my brain and let me sleep.  Not so much.  *sigh*

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome

If you happen to pick up the latest Reader's Digest, there is an article in there about Piper Breinholt , a four year old with CCMS.  If you've been around here a while, you'll remember wayyyyyy back when we first received Abby's diagnosis that I was able to speak to Piper's mom, Reagan.  The article is more about their story and not as much about the ins and outs of CCMS, but I think it's probably enough to get some people googling it and I'm hoping a few will end up here. Every once in a while, I give a blog post the title of Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome so that it would show up in Google.  My ever-present hope is that people will stumble across my blog and 1) be encouraged by the hope we have in Christ, 2) feel a connection with someone in a similar situation as them, or 3) get excited over the miracles that have been performed in Abby's life!!  (a combination of all 3 is great too!)  :)   Notice that it's not to get famous and it never wi

The Potty Man

Caleb LOVES to go potty! I have never heard a potty training story like this one....Caleb tells us when he needs to go, we take his diaper off, and he goes! Now, is it perfect? No, not at all! We aren't trying to potty train at at all, but we figure every time he goes is one less diaper we have to change! The only time we consistantly put him on the potty is when we give him a bath (he always pees in the tub, so we know he needs to go!) He almost always goes on the potty now instead of the tub though. When he's not "really" going potty, he's pretending to go potty! He's such a funny kid!

Lego Party: Favors

I'm a little slow in posting the Lego Party pictures, but I think I have a few excuses I could use.  At any rate, I wanted to share what I did for the party!  It will take a few posts, so stay with me.  I'll start with how I did the favors. These are the goody bags I made.  I just bought solid colored gift bags and matched scrapbook paper to each bag.  Then I punched circles and attached them with the 3D foam tape so that the circles were raised. I used the keychain (explained below) as a name tag on the outside. These are Duplo blocks.  I put a round magnet on the back and...voila!  A magnet!  (note:  hot glue doesn't work so well...I ended up reglueing them with my apoxy because the magnets fell off.) I made crayons using Lego man crayons.  Yes, I know this guy has lost half of his leg.  The others were already packaged and I didn't want to open one up just to get a picture.  I used a Lego mold  to make the crayons.  Caleb put small pieces of crayon in each m